In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
I don't think I'm going to go to L.A. Anymore
I don't think I'm going to go to L.A. Anymore
I don't know what it's like to land and
Not race to your door
I don't think I'm going to go to L.A. Anymore
I don't think I'm going to go to L.A. Anymore
I'm not sure that I really ever could
Hold on to your hotel key
And your bedroom neighborhood
And be sleepwalking in Hollywood
I'm going to steer clear
Or burn up in your atmosphere
I'm going to steer clear
'Cause I'd die if I saw you
I'd die if I didn't see you there
So I don't think I'm going to go to L.A. Anymore
I don't think I'm going to go to L.A. Anymore
I'd get lost on the boulevard at night
Without your voice to tell me
"I love you, take a right"
The ten and the two is the loneliest sight, oh yeah
Oh oh ooh
I'm going to steer clear
Or burn up in your atmosphere
I'm going to steer clear
'Cause I'd die if I saw you
I'd die if I didn't see you
I'm going to steer clear, oh yeah
Or burn up in your atmosphere
I'm going to steer clear
'Cause I'd die if I saw you
I'd die if I didn't see you there
See you there
I think I'm going to stay, going to stay in the gray
Think I'm going to stay
And all the street lights say "Never mind, never mind"
And the canyon lines say "Never mind"
The sunset says "We see this all the time"
Never mind
Never you mind
Wherever I go
Whatever I do
I wonder where I am in my relationship to you
Wherever you go
Wherever you are
I watch your life play out in pictures from afar
Wherever I go
Whatever I do, oh
I wonder where I am in my relationship to you
Wherever you go
Wherever you are
I watch that pretty life play out in pictures from afar
Ooh ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
I don't think I'm going to go to L.A. Anymore
I don't know what it's like to land and
Not race to your door
I don't think I'm going to go to L.A. Anymore
I don't think I'm going to go to L.A. Anymore
I'm not sure that I really ever could
Hold on to your hotel key
And your bedroom neighborhood
And be sleepwalking in Hollywood
I'm going to steer clear
Or burn up in your atmosphere
I'm going to steer clear
'Cause I'd die if I saw you
I'd die if I didn't see you there
So I don't think I'm going to go to L.A. Anymore
I don't think I'm going to go to L.A. Anymore
I'd get lost on the boulevard at night
Without your voice to tell me
"I love you, take a right"
The ten and the two is the loneliest sight, oh yeah
Oh oh ooh
I'm going to steer clear
Or burn up in your atmosphere
I'm going to steer clear
'Cause I'd die if I saw you
I'd die if I didn't see you
I'm going to steer clear, oh yeah
Or burn up in your atmosphere
I'm going to steer clear
'Cause I'd die if I saw you
I'd die if I didn't see you there
See you there
I think I'm going to stay, going to stay in the gray
Think I'm going to stay
And all the street lights say "Never mind, never mind"
And the canyon lines say "Never mind"
The sunset says "We see this all the time"
Never mind
Never you mind
Wherever I go
Whatever I do
I wonder where I am in my relationship to you
Wherever you go
Wherever you are
I watch your life play out in pictures from afar
Wherever I go
Whatever I do, oh
I wonder where I am in my relationship to you
Wherever you go
Wherever you are
I watch that pretty life play out in pictures from afar
Ooh ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
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In Your Atmosphere [Live at the Nokia Theatre] Lyrics as written by John Clayton Mayer
Lyrics © REACH MUSIC PUBLISHING
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On the DVD, John introduces this song by saying, "So this is a song that I wrote a long time ago and it kind of fell out of fashion with me and then it kind of has fallen back into fashion with me a bit." This song is different from the original version in that he adds the last two paragraphs of lyrics to this version. The original version is said to be about Jennifer Love Hewitt. He performed this on December 8, 2007 and less than a week before it was announced that she was engaged to Scottish actor Ross McCall. This song could just as easily, however, resonate with him about dating Jessica Simpson. They had broken up in May of that same year. While I like to focus on John's career and avoid the tabloid BS, there's something very endearing about sending that message to someone he loved. Break ups can be strange for all of us and imagine if every time you saw a magazine at the grocery store, you saw your ex on it living their new life. Must be an odd mix of feeling disconnected and yet still connected. I'd write a song about it too! :)
"Get lost on the boulevard at night Without your voice to tell me I love you, take a right The 10 and the 2 is the lonely sight"
When he was in LA with his girl she would give him directions because he didn't know the streets. "I love you, take a right" He goes on to say "10 and 2 are the loneliest sight." What he means here is that his hand are at 10 and 2 o'clock on the steering wheel. This is sad because he would usually be using one hand to steer and be holding hands with his girl.
Amazing skills by Mr. Mayer. Amazing music and words.
i definitely agree with you. i also think though, that when he says "the 10 and the 2 are the loneliest sight" its also like his hands are clenched on the steering wheel out of the frustration of the situation he's dealing with.
Actually ... time to head on over to mapquest ... HWY 10 and HWY 2 are the two highways that you need to get on to go to Hollywood Blvd, although your interpretation is convenient it doesn't really follow. "Taking a right" (his words) would only be the 2 o'clock direction on the steering wheel, not the 10, and even then you turn the steering wheel a lot further than 2 o'clock than to turn right. Nice idea though ... I'm always fascinated by how deep insights people can get from lyrics that the originator never anticipated.
Oops ... I now see what you mean by the 10 and 2 ... where you put your hands. Incidentally, people in LA (all my relatives live there) refer to HWY 10 and HWY 2 as "the 10" and "the 2", but whenever referring to hand placement it's always followed with the word "o'clock". The other is that JM said after breaking up with Simpson it had renewed meaning and added this last phrase. Guess where both Simpson and Hewitt live? Right ... you gotta take "the 10 and the 2" to get there.
I wonder where I am in my relationship to you. Wherever you go, Wherever you are, I watch that pretty life play out in pictures from afar.
Wow. That's always the hardest to see stuff like that happen no matter how over each other you are.
I wonder where I am in my relationship to you. Wherever you go, Wherever you are, I watch that pretty life play out in pictures from afar.
Wow. That's always the hardest to see stuff like that happen no matter how over each other you are.
In today's day of Facebook and MySpace...I know stuff like the last stanza happens to me all of the time.
Wherever you go, Wherever you are, I watch that pretty life play out in pictures from afar.
Cuz you can "watch [your ex's] life play in pictures from afar [like at a different college or city]" pretty easily if you at least tried to stay friends after a break-up...or if your ex is a high profile celebrity like JEssica Simpson who's always in the tabloids.
U got it!!
Definetely Jennifer Love Hewitt. As soon as I heard the first line she came to my head, but I really wouldn't know.
And a few mistakes again - I don’t think I’m gonna go to L.A. anymore Get lost on the boulevard at night Without your voice to tell me I love you, take a right The 10 and the 2 is the lonely sight.
At first I didn't care much for this song, it seemed too repetitive. But once I listened carefully to the words, it's become one of my favorites. Sounds like the old John we first heard from in 'Room for Squares'.
'And sunset says we see this all the time, nevermind, never you mind.' I love that part. You're always asking to anyone or anything who would answer for an explanation or a consolation.
And I agree, I mean in his case, yes, he follows their lives through magazines while I, on the other hand watch their lives through pictures on Facebook and stuff. Not that I'm a stalker hahah it's just like an automatic thing. As much as I know it hurts, I always find myself watching pictures of him.
"Cause I’d die if I saw you Die if I didn’t see you"
Man, that's the truth. It's like, either way, you'd go home feeling awful if you went around there, because part of you doesn't want to face that person, and part of you does. Man, this is an amazing song.
i think he actually says "the 10 and the 2 is the lonely side", because thats the driver side, and you can sit on the drivers side by yourself, but if youre in the passenger side, there someone else in the car there with you. so if he was on the drivers side by himself, it would be the lonely side.
This song means everything to me and everything that I have been through. This is the song that you listen to when you meet somebody and you know you two will never ever be together and you know that you two will never see each other again and you know that because in between you two there is an entire Atlantic pool. You're thousands of miles away and there is absolutely nothing you can do about it. That is what this song means to me.
Amen.
in may case whole pacific ocean